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Silver Spring Residents Survive Italian Cruise Shipwreck
The trip was a gift to her daughter for graduating from University of Maryland.
Italian officials continue their search for 19 people still believed to be missing after the Costa Concordia cruise ship accident in early January. The death toll stands at 13, according to police officials.
Among the last survivors to get onto the lifeboats were Silver Spring residents Anna Figueredo and her daughter, according to a CBS 13 news report. Figueredo said everything was going well until the last hours of the cruise trip when it started to sway and fill with water.
Her daughter sent a text message to their family that read, " The ship is sinking we love you."
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Figueredo blames the ship's captain Francesco Schettino. When he knew nothing could be done he abandoned ship, she added.
Capt. Schettino faces charges of manslaughter, abandoning ship, and for causing a shipwreck.
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On Friday, survivors of the Costa Concordia shipwreck were offered a 100 percent refund and 30 percent discount, but many of the survivors call the offer "insulting," according to the New York Daily News.
Carnival--a Miami-based company--faces a class-action lawsuit Wednesday from survivors looking for restitution, which could total $513 million.
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